addiction isnt something to pay 440 for. addiction is something to work on yourself or with someone who specializes in mental health.
i have experienced addiction. smart phone addiction is a mild one and its completely breakable by changing one's own habits.
people are capable of it. they're just lazy. shelling out 440 bucks for a gimmick that makes them feel like they're helping themselves doesn't seem like a healthy thing to do for one's addiction.
440 dollars for a bad smartphone and the homepage of this site is some guy sitting in a yoga pose to make the company seem more 🙏zen🙏.
people need to start exercising personal discipline rather than spending 440 bucks for a device with less features when you could just uninstall the crap you're tired of
you can "dumb" down a smart phone literally at will. at any time. or just put the thing down more often.
that won't cost you 440 dollars so some random guy can buy expensive yoga mats to pose on, and you'll be better off for teaching yourself better smartphone use habits.
honestly the target audience is young 20 somethings. older folks like me grew up having to use different methods to keep stuff together. address book/cassette player/CD player/date book.
but then the smart phone happened and suddenly even mp3 players were obsolete. so us older folks embraced the functionality of a device we once needed an entire bags worth of stuff to replicate from our youth. I've never looked back from the smartphone because I remember actually carrying all that stuff.
these younger people were born when tech was getting to that point. and their formative years were spent with smart devices. so their brains seem wired to want to break "free" from it.
or at least thats just my theory. the 'iPad kid' generation is starting to be adults and they've not had the distance between smart devices that the older generations have.
again, just my take on it.
absolutely. you can also go back to sending hand written mail instead of using email or messaging apps too, but this is 2025 and software exists to help keep track of this.
also apps exist that store local data only.
it can be tracked safely with an app that only stores local data.
I'm not sure what you're scared of.
erm, I do use Drip actually. i have used it for over a year now as I didn't want trackers knowing my cycle.
women do use drip. we just don't advertise it, usually.
i have also recommended it to friends who were looking for a more simple app than these google play store ones.
ive been there before. for sure.
i know right? humans wanting to get visas so they can work and feed themselves and their families. morons.
suuuuper selfish.
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my point was from an idealist perspective, "let's get rid of prisons" sounds great.
but when I read such statements, 99% of the time the concept seems to be the end. and no actual plan or realistic prospect to make that fantasy a reality.
"do away with prisons" is an idea that doesn't really seem feasable without a real plan.
meanwhile we can make changes to the prison system we have now to make it more habitable. make laws that protect prisoners while incarcerated. decent facilities, decent exercise equipment, easy ways to become educated or further education.
these are things that just take money to fix. and can be done now.
so... prisons under a different name is your suggestion? to stop prisons.
signal requires a phone number and won't even allow you to send sms to those that aren't on signal.
its better, but still not great.